Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana is a national mission to improve farm productivity and ensure better utilization of the resources in the country. The budget of in a time span of one year 2015-2016 has been allocated to this scheme. The decision was taken on 1 July 2015 at the meeting of Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, which in turn was headed by the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi. The scheme has been approved with an outlay of 50000 crore for period of 5 years.
Major objectives
Convergence of investment in irrigation at the field level
Enhance the adoption of being precise in irrigation and other water saving technologies
Purpose
The primary objectives of PMKSY are to attract investments in irrigation system at field level, develop and expand cultivable land in the country, enhance ranch water use in order to minimize wastage of water, enhance crop per drop by implementing water-saving technologies and precision irrigation. The plan additionally calls for bringing ministries, offices, organizations, research and financial institutions occupied with creation and recycling of water under one platform so that an exhaustive and holistic outlook of the whole water cycle is considered. The goal is to open the doors for optimal water budgeting in all sectors. Tagline for PMKSY is "more crop per drop". The Integrated Watershed Management programme was subsumed into the current PMKSY on 26 October 2015. The core implementation activities of IWMP were unchanged and were as per the Common Guidelines 2008 of IWMP. Convergence with other Central and State Government schemes, remains the top of the agenda for the programme towards optimal and judicious utilization of financial resources. Action has also been taken to undertake Natural Resources Management activities by utilizing labour component of MGNREGS and to undertake some of the Entry Point Activities in convergence with Swachh Bharat Mission.
How to apply in Saur Pump Yojana 2020?
Interested beneficiaries of the state, who wish to apply under Maharashtra Solar Pump Scheme 2020, should follow the method given below.
First, the applicant has to visit the of the scheme.
The home page will open after going to the "official website".
On this home page you will see the option of "Beneficiary Services".
After clicking on the option, you have to click on the option of "New Consumer".
After clicking on the option, the application form will open in front of you.
In this application form you will have to fill all the information asked like connection consumer details, details of applicant and location, nearest MSEDCL consumer number, applicant resident address and location details etc.
After this you will have to upload all your documents.
After filling all the information, you have to click on the "Submit" application button.
